secondly, as the criteria of iraq never attacking us, they did not attack us and the gulf war either. ey iaded kuwait. uld u have said the gulf war was a mistake? >>no. >> that is not a criteria you decide you go to war. lastly, the president making this speech could never have made that speech ending our mission with relative success had the search not occurred. the president opposed it. senator biden opposed it. my colleagues opposed it at the time. we shoulof h a dlomatic source. the obama administration must after one charge, a diplomatic mission to establish a new government. it has failed entirely in doing that. >> you will get great arguments from the american military on the search itself and whether it was the sunni uprising and the distribution of large amounts of cash. that aside, the fact is that the united states of america is not in a stronger position internationally. we organized a coalition after iraq entered crew -- kuwait. it was with 36 nations who sent in troops for it we could not form a coalition today as a direct consequence of invading correct. they would say